Improved peat and beios-maohine



@met tetes attent. @titte CHARLES D. WRIGHTINGTCN, CF FAIRHAVEN, AND BENJAMIN P, RlDER,

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 71,939, dated December 10, 1867.

IMPROVED FEAT AND BRICK-MACHINE.

TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, CHARLES D. Wnreurrne'ron, ot' Fairhaven, inthe county ot' `Bristol, and BENJAMIN P. RIDER, of Boston, in the county of Suliblk, both ot' the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Pressing Peat or Bricks in Moulds; and w'c do hereby declare the following to' be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being hadv to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- V L Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the machine, and v Figure 2 represents a top plan of thc moulding-wheel and some of its connected parts.

Our invention consists, rst, inthe construction and -operation of the revolving bed or wheel containing the series of moulds, and the revolving frames of followers working cecentrically therewith whilst rotating.

And our invention further consists in the'meehanism by whichthe mould-wheel or bed is intermittently stopped and held immovable, whilst the plungers operate toforce out the pressed bricks from the moulds, said stopping and holding-device being automatic in their action, and not requiring the attention of the operator.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and'use our invention, we will proceed to describe the 'same with reference to the drawings.

A substantial bed, A, is first provided for supporting the machine, as follows: Columns, B B, Sie., are united to the bed and, hold up the plate C, which is of course immovable. At a central position upon the bed or base A there is a column or shaft, D, upon which the mould-wheel E is supported and turned or rotated; and that `said wheel may have a rm, substantial support or bearing on said central shaft o1 column a long hub, F, attached to the wheel, sets over or on to said column. The mould-wheel E is furnished with four seriesot' moulds, 1 2 3 4, 5 6 7 8, 9 10 1 1 12, and 13 14 15 1G, the series being arranged diamctrically opposite and at,

right angles to eachother, or each series occupying a quadrant of the whole'circlc of the wheel. These moulds are of the shape, form, size, and capacity of the brick or block that is to be formed in them, and they may bc rectangular in form, as shown bythe black lines, or triangular, as shown by the red lines in tig. 2`at 4, 8,12,

and 16, which triangular-shaped moulds have the advantage of releasing a side and endet' the pressed brick when the follower is withdrawn, andthus makes it much more easily forced out of the mould. When thc moulds are rectangular, and the follower is withdrawn, there is but one sidcot` the pressed brick released, the' other three sides clinging to the mould, and it requires much force to remove it, so` much so as to often spoilthe brick. In pressing peat for fuel it is not so important that the form of the block or brick should be preserved, but an easy delivery of the pressed block is quite important. When the triangular moulds are used, one half ot' the die or form is made in the follower I, and the other half in the mould, each die being of the form of the two parts of a brick divided diagonally fromthe extreme corners.

f The mould-wheel E has upon its perimeter a series of cogs, a e a, die., intercepted by a series of abu'tmeuts, blanks, or stops, bvb b, the faces of which stops are concave and in the are of a circle, corresponding to the blank portion CT of the drive-wheel Il. The'driveqvheel H is 'arranged upon a vertical shaft, J, which is 'supported'in a column, K, and motion may be communicated to this drive-wheel and shaft by any first-moving power. The cogs of the drivewheel H take into those, a, of the mould-wheel E, and cause the latter to move around untill' the blank portion Gr comes to or against the abutments or steps ZJ of the"mouldwhcel, and lthe ruould-wheel is stationary so long as these twoparts are in contact with each other, and the perimeter G, taking and moving against the concave por-tion I1 of the mould-wheel, locks the mould-wheel and prevents it from moving, whilst the motion of the drive-wheel is continuons. Of course these blanks upon thc two wheels arose disposed and arranged as that the motion und cessation of motion of the mould-wheel shall be timed to suit the other operations oi' the machine, und more especially ofthe cam or eccentric motion that works theplungers I. On that portion of the drive-wheel immediately over and around the blank roi-tion G,there is a cam, L, which raises up the end ofa lever, M, that is pivotedat c at or near its centre, and which, raising` up at that end, correspondingly lowers it at the opposite en d, and after the .com L has passed from under the lever M, the lever is rciturned to its former position by the reaction of a spring of any suitable kind. To that end ofthe lever M most remote from the earn L there is connected by a link, N, the series of followers or pushers O, which force the pressed 'russe 2 bricks or blocks ont of the moulds, from whence they may be removed in any of the usual well-known ways tof the place where they arev dried or seasoned. On the upper end of the shaft D of the mould-wheel E thereis a; journal, P, that is eccentric to the shaft and A'mould-wheel, and upon this eccentric-journal is-placed a frame,

that partakes ofthe eccentric motion of thcjournal, and moves it 'to and from each' of' the series of moulds.- The frame Q is four-sided, with the corners ont away, to allow for the movement of the mould-wheel; Upon each of the four sides of thc frame are arranged a pair of friction-rolls, al d, and each of the series of plungers I is connected' to this frame Q by straps, rods, or bars, cf, so that said frameshall not only force the p'hrngersy into' or towards the moulds, but also retract the plungers after the materialhas been compressed into 'thet mould. The plunger-s moving against the rolls o2 cl, prevents undue friction between thcmf Upon the driving: shaft J there is a bevel-gear, R, that takes into and turns a .similar bevel-gear, S, upon the shaft AT, supported Iin the column U. Upon the opposite end of the shaft T there is a bevel-wheel, V, that takes into and turns a bevel-pinio'mg, on the Vertical shaft W, and thus gives motion to said shaft.` The pinion fj gears into a whdel,

X, which in turn meshes with the gear Y, so that both of the wheels X Y shall turn towards each other. The wheels X and Y are arranged upo'nthe ends of shafts' that pass through thc lower portion of the clay or peathopper Z, and these shafts have blades upon them, which, turning towards each other, separate from the mass a portion, which is forced down into the -moulds A'and lls them completely. On the upper end of the shaft W there is a gear, h, that works into a gear, z', o n the end of a vertical shaft, j, that passes down 'into the clayhoppcrZ, and upon this shaftare projecting arms Athat revolve between other stationary arms fixed spirally in said hopper, for thorohghly mixing the material, and tempering it preparatory to its being carried down into theimoulds.

The mould-wheel must be momentarily stopped to allow the pressed bricks or blocks to be'pushe'd out of the moulds. Whilst this is being done to one set of' moulds, the set preceding them is under the hopperreceiv ing their charge. When thelilled moulds have moved a quarter revolution of the entire circuit of the mouldwheel, the first sericsof plungers begin to act upon the material and partially compress it into its ultimate form. At the vnext quarter revolution the whole throne- Qt' the eccentric-journal is upon the followers, and the pressing is completed. By the time that the next quarter revolution is made, the plungers have been retracted from the mould, and the pushers O descend andrforee the pressed bricks or blocks out of the moulds, and at tho next or last quarter revolution the moulds are again under the hopper and receive anew charge, and the oper- 'ation is repeated and continued, the mould-wheel'moving in the direction of the arrows, as shown in iig. 2.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. In combination with the mouldwvheel having the series orsets of moulds init, a series of plungers revolve ing with said wheel, and operated in succession by the eccentrie-jourual and frame Q, substatiaily as and for the purpose described.

2. We also claim, in combination with a mould-wheel having a series of cogs, interposed by a. series of conL cave stops, blanks, or abutments upon its periphery, a ldrive-wheel, having cogs and a blank surface on its perimeter, so 'that the mould-wheel may be moved, stopped, and lool/:ed by said drive-wheel, which has a continuous movement, substantially as and for thcpurposc described.

3. We also claim the location and arrangement of the camvovcr and around the blank ou thc perimeter of the driveiwheel, so that whilst the mould-Wheel is stopped and locked by said drive-wheel, which continues its movement, said drive-wheel sh'all operate the pushcrs to discharge the pressed bricks or blocks from'the moulds, substantially as described.

CHARLES D. WEIGHTINGTON, BENJAMIN P. RIDER.

Witnesses A. B. Sreuenrolr, EDM. F. BROWN. 

